Chapter 126: What a gift
(Today, the three chapters are updated together)
Hearing Lin Rulan say this, Wang Zihan was a little excited.
He also thought that Lin Rulan could help him get a student status and let him go to college with them.
If there is such a possibility, then he will die happily.
At least, he is no longer an illiterate person with no academic qualifications.
But Lin Rulan didn't say anything more, and Wang Zihan was embarrassed to ask, and couldn't help but feel a little regretful.
The three of them continued to walk forward.
"There is another landscape that is most eye-catching in the Qianling, that is, the statue of sixty-one ministers. ”
Wang Zihan pointed to the rows of stone crowds he saw in front of him and introduced them to Lin Rulan and Chen Qingning.
In front of them, two rows of stone statues are neatly and respectfully arranged in front of the mausoleum.
These stone figures were the chiefs, princes, envoys or officials of the vassal states under the Tang Dynasty at that time, Tang Gaozong attended the funeral when he was buried, and Wu Zetian set their statues in front of the mausoleum in order to show off the prestige of the Tang Dynasty, and engraved the country, official position and name on the back of the stone statue. They all stood side by side, their hands arched forward, in a very humble gesture. They were guarding the spirits of Li Zhi and Wu Zetian. ”
When he said this, Wang Zihan couldn't help but sigh, "From this point, we can also see the strength of the Tang Dynasty at that time, and all countries are coming to court! The statues of so many high-ranking people from other domains stand in front of the tomb, and it is not simple for Li Zhiwu Zetian to guard the tomb for generations." It is a symbol of national prestige. Zhaoling actually also existed, after Li Shimin's death, some of the attached vassals fought for the burial of Emperor Taizong, but were prevented. Later, their statues were erected in front of Zhaoling, and in this way they guarded the tomb for Emperor Taizong. ”
"Oh, I see!" Lin Rulan and Chen Qingning nodded at the same time.
Lin Rulan and Chen Qingning actually knew about the sixty-five statues for a long time, but they didn't have a good understanding of the relevant situation.
Chen Qingning pointed to these stone statues and asked Wang Zihan: "Do you know why they don't have heads? If you can tell us the exact answer, or if your explanation can convince us, then I will give you a huge gift." ”
Wang Zihan's curiosity was instantly seduced: "What gift?"
"Of course I won't tell you now!" Chen Qingning replied proudly, "Anyway, it's a big gift." ”
Wang Zihan looked at Lin Rulan again, but Lin Rulan pouted, unwilling to answer this question.
She guessed what kind of "conspiracy" Chen Qingning was playing, and the big gift Chen Qingning said must have something to do with her.
She doesn't pierce it, but she won't explain it to Wang Zihan either.
Wang Zihan had no choice but to give up and not get to the bottom of it.
The three of them continued to face the garment.
These stone statues, the head is all gone, only the body remains, although Lin Rulan and Chen Qingning have visited the Qianling Tomb before, but they have not figured out why these stone statues have no heads.
"The official explanation is that it is because of a natural disaster, but I don't believe it, if it is a natural disaster, how can it be that there is only a head? And the stone statue is obviously a trace of smashing, it must be vandalism. Wang Zihan said, hehe smiled, "I have heard a legend: in the early Ming Dynasty, a foreign envoy visited Qianling, and found that his ancestors were actually erected here to guard the tomb of the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and felt that it was a great insult to their ancestors, so they wanted to destroy these stone statues." But he was afraid of causing trouble, so he came up with a clever plan. Every night he trampled on grain in the fields near Qianling, and the next day he spread the news that the stone statues had done it. In order to protect the crops and food, these statues must be destroyed. The local people felt that it made sense, so they cut off the heads of these stone statues. ”
"But I'm afraid no one knows the real situation!" Wang Zihan smiled helplessly, and said very firmly: "But one thing is for sure, at that time, the national strength of the Tang Dynasty was extremely strong, and it can be seen from the fact that so many ministers were guarding in front of Qianling, and there were also in front of Zhaoling. But in the later dynasties, how could there be such a situation? In front of the mausoleum of the emperor in the later Tang Dynasty, there was no such scene. This situation must be an insult to those Tibetan vassal countries, and it is not surprising that their descendants are haunted by them. My point of view is that it must have been done by the Hu people, otherwise not all the heads would be missing, but the geometry is fine. ”
"I'm a little suspicious that you're a time-traveler of the Tang Dynasty again!" Lin Rulan said strangely.
"I think it's a bit like that, too!" Chen Qingning nodded solemnly, "If you're not my brother, you're Helan Minzhi who crossed over!"
Wang Zihan suddenly couldn't cry or laugh.
These two women are really into the play.
He had to explain solemnly: "I was just coaxing you to play just now, I'm really not a traveler, I made a name, and it has nothing to do with Helan Minzhi's eight lifetimes." ”
"We know you're joking. Chen Qingning glanced at Wang Zihan, "How can there be a crossing in the world, you just know a little more about Tang Shi." Hmph, if you are Helan Minzhi, we can only stay away from you. ”
Lin Rulan was a little puzzled, she looked at Wang Zihan, then at Chen Qingning, and finally didn't say anything.
"If only it could be crossed, it would be good, after people die, there is a place to go. Wang Zihan smiled and pointed to the main tomb road of the Qianling Tomb in front of him, and the main peak of Liangshan, where Li Zhi and Wu Zetian were buried, "Okay, it's too far, let's continue to move forward, do you want to climb Liangshan?"
"Let's walk slowly!" Lin Rulan smiled at Prince Han, "Since you climbed Jiuzhi Mountain just now, then Liangshan also has to climb it." ”
Chen Qingning also nodded: "Yes, if you step on the burial place of Li Shimin and Empress Changsun, you will also step on the top of their sons and daughters-in-law's heads." I still want to see the Huangchao ditch, I can't figure it out, hundreds of thousands of troops can't dig up the Qianling Tomb for months, I want to see what they have dug up. ”
The two women are not afraid of being tired and want to go to Liangshan, Wang Zihan naturally will not object.
So, a group of three people, plus Zhu Meiying after a break, a total of four people walked towards the main peak of Liangshan.
Chen Qingning and Lin Rulan are not weak women, they have walked a lot of roads today, but they have not been tired.
The three of them soon climbed to the main peak of Liangshan, which was not very high in relative height.
The altitude of Liangshan is not as good as Jiuzhi Mountain, and it is not as steep as Jiuzhi Mountain, and the Yongdao goes to the end, and then climbs up, only one or two hundred meters of height difference. However, there is not much scenery on the top of the mountain, and the so-called Huangchao ditch does not have much to attract.
Standing on the top of the mountain, looking around, the scenery is not as amazing as standing on the top of Jiuzhi Mountain to look around.
After the three of them climbed the main peak of Liangshan, they walked around for a while, and they were ready to leave.
It's already past four o'clock in the afternoon, and you can go back after a little play on the side.
Or find a place to stay nearby.
Or go to dinner.
This is their next choice.
But then the unexpected happened,